> If you can't deal with someone going on extended leave for some reason or another, your business is likely going to go out of business for reasons unrelated t

> If you can't deal with someone going on extended leave for some reason or another, your business is likely going to go out of business for reasons unrelated to maternity soon enough anyway. That's definitely not true. Let's say I run a dental practice. I have a fixed number of dental chairs. Therefore, I have a fixed number of patients I can see per week. Which means there's an optimal number of employees. If I hire more or less than this I will go out of business.